Opinion

Karachi is a classic example of such choking of the political system

The existing local government is a sham. There is no political responsibility. That is how cities die.

What will these tens of thousands of university graduates do in terms of finding employment?

China and the US must remain cognizant of red lines

States must be challenged for encroaching civil space and if need arises defiance will be the only option

Because of its wealth and diplomatic clout, India has a lot of holding power

Social media seems to have totally disrupted the fourth estate’s economy and its clout

The culture in Pakistan around women’s economic empowerment is unfriendly and unaccepting

Overabundant capacity to store information results in higher propensity to memorise which reduces machine intelligence

Ram temple is a serious test case for the so-called Indian democracy and secularism because of three main reasons

Our unsustainable population growth has rightly been described as a ticking time bomb

Evidently, this was not a onetime statement, but a well thought-out strategy

It was Maryam’s first public appearance after about five months

If after 70 years state policies have failed to deliver then it is time to turn the policy around

We need to remember that status defines critical friendships and financial clout bestows status

Epidemic curves always fall even if we don’t do anything as the pathogen runs out of vulnerable victims

Americans are notoriously averse to saving money

We have all kinds of laws but implementation is missing, hence this mess

Pakistan has to also balance its relations with Iran, even if the tilt remains toward Saudi Arabia

World cannot be complicit to seeds of bigotry that have been sowed by BJP and ignore the plight of Indian Muslims

Beirut explosion was sheer incompetence by a corrupt and broken state

Eminent educationists have raised questions as to the stated goals of the SNC

Modi’s goal is to change the demographics of the Kashmir valley by flooding it with a Hindu majority

Tania’s biggest mistake was not making any friends in the power corridors

Beirut’s citizens have shown that you can be both angry and kind at the same time

Even today, the PPP is not ready to empower the local government, particularly in Karachi

Erdogan in Turkey and Imran in Pakistan broke tradition of political dynasties

Perhaps the next six months would provide insights into how the evolving dynamics play out

Kashmir is not a static issue anymore

A time would come that the true reality in Kashmir will also hit Modi’s India and Modi himself

Smart policy opens space, options and choices; India’s has pushed it in a blind alley

For the non-believers out there, the data is now irrefutably clear

Progress for women is extremely important for a developing country like Pakistan

COVID-19 has aggravated the already precarious situation of malnutrition and food insecurity

Modi govt has an elaborate plan to turn local population into a hunted minority by settling non-Muslim outsiders

Negative implications are paramount and range from physical to personal to social spheres

An invading and war-waging president is worse for immigrants in US than a bad-mouthing war averse one

What needs to be expounded is, why/if the fields of science and religion are anti-thematic to each other

If the true face of India is being exposed, there are major realities which must be considered by Pakistan

Abysmal conditions workers in many poorer countries find themselves in are a direct result of business practices

The status quo reasserts with all its force by labelling the efforts as instruments of favouritism, corruption

Pakistan is on the verge of meeting developmental indicators of a developed country because of CPEC

Developing Asia has experienced many crises and disasters and has always bounced back

A potential rift would be a terrific opportunity for a politically weakened Trump

Applying jerry-rigged solutions will yield similar results

It is high time to do away with the present system of recruitment through the Central Services Examination

Undeniably, the Pakistani diaspora is an invaluable national asset

Improving sentiment & preparation for the Dubai Expo in 2021 will likely moderate the projected recovery

Pakistan’s position on Kashmir remains unchanged

It is important to see whether economic cooperation triumphs or if politics and geopolitics gain upper hand